[lit-ideas] Shariah court established in Antwerp

From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Lit-Ideas " <Lit-Ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:20:30 -0700
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/radical-islamic-group-opens-shariah-court-in
-belgium/

 

A shariah court has been established in Antwerp, Belgium to handle marriage
disputes and inheritance issues if requested by the parties involved in lieu
of a civil court hearing.

 

The court opened at the insistence of a radical Islamic group called "Sharia
4 Belgium," according the Belgian news outlet Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN). . .
."

 

"De Coninck did concede, however, that it would have been better if this
particular Shariah court weren't championed by radical fundamentalists- in
this case, with a history of calling for the Islamization of Europe and
support for the proclamation of Al Qaeda terrorist Anwar Awlaki.

 

"In the past, Sharia 4 Belgium has promoted online Jihad videos and invited
Belgians to convert to Islam lest they wait for the Islamic conquest and
become forced to live out their lives as dhimmis (distantly second-class
citizens).

 

"Despite that ideological background, the group claim to be non-violent.

 

"Belgian right-wing politician Vlaams Belang does not accept that this
Shariah court is merely a benign mediator, and said recently that
(translated from HLN):

 

"'This court is a new step in the Islamization of Antwerp. you certainly
can't have a parallel system of Sharia courts developing besides the
official judicial bodies, which judges based on principles which clash with
the values of our democratic constitutional state.'"

 

COMMENT:

 

One of the primary duties of any government is to protect its citizens
against enemies.  Belgium didn't do a very good job of that prior to World
War II and isn't doing a good job now.  What mind set or set of assumptions
could Belgium leadership have to invite a group with an announced goal of
converting Belgians to Islam before the Islamic conquest to set up shop?
This group obviously believes in that conquest and looks forward to it.  It
also believes it appropriate that after the conquest unbelieves should be
dhimmis.  There is no softness in Islamic Fundamentalism.  Its goal is to
conquer the world for Islam; which includes killing infidels when necessary
and later, after the conquest and the killing, making some of the survivors
dhimmis.  

 

I shouldn't pick on Belgium.  Other European nations are doing the same
thing.  They don't believe Islamic Fundamentalism is a threat.  But then
most of these nations didn't believe Hitler was a threat.  Later, after
WWII, many in France turned to Communism as a preferable alternative to
Liberal Democracy.  And when the USSR failed many intellectuals turned their
interest to the philosophy of Heidegger - an opponent of Liberal Democracy.

 

Maybe Fukuyama will be proved correct.  Maybe Liberal Democracy will
ultimately supersede all other forms of government, but France, Belgium and
some other European nations seem bent on trying everything else first.  

 

Lawrence
[lit-ideas] Shariah court established in Antwerp

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